Study it in the app“And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them; and they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there; and he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they did not find them.”
And he passedוַיַּעֲבֹרthrough the hill countryבְּהַרof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםand passedוַיַּעֲבֹרthrough the landבְּאֶרֶץof Shalishah,שָׁלִשָׁהbut they did notוְלֹאfind them;מָצָאוּand they passedוַיַּעַבְרוּthrough the landבְאֶרֶץof Shaalim,שַׁעֲלִיםand they were not there;וָאַיִןand he passedוַיַּעֲבֹרthrough the landבְּאֶרֶץof Benjamin,יְמִינִיbut they did notוְלֹאfind them.מָצָאוּ
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsShalishah
Shalishah, a region in the hill country of Ephraim through which Saul passed looking for the donkeys.
Where else “shalisha” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsau” appearsShaalim
Shaalim, a region through which Saul passed looking for the donkeys. The name means "foxes".
Where else “shaalim” appearsright, Benjaminite
Right (side or hand); in "son of the right" or "man of the right" it is a short form of "Benjaminite", since Benjamin means "son of the right hand".
Where else “yemini” appears3Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost, and Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, please, and get up, go, look for the donkeys.”
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5When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his young man who was with him, “Come, let us go back, or else my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and worry about us.”
